In Sputnik's shadow the President's science advisory committee and cold war America
In today’s world of rapid advancements in science and technology, we need to scrutinize more than ever the historical forces that shape our perceptions of what these new possibilities can and cannot do for social progress. In Sputnik’s Shadow provides a lens to do just that, by tracing the rise and...
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| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, NJ ; London
Rutgers University Press
2008
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Note to the Reader
- Abbreviations Used in Text
- Introduction
- Part I. Prelude: Before Sputnik
- 1. American Public Science, 1863-1945
- 2. The Origins of Technological Skepticism, 1945-1950
- 3. Mobilizing Science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950-1952
- 4. Science and the National Security State under Eisenhower, 1952-1957
- Part II. Ike, Sputnik, and the Rise of PSAC
- 5. Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the Creation of PSAC, 1957
- 6. PSAC and the Launching of NASA, 1957-1960
- 7. Military Technology, 1957-1960
- 8. The Search for a Nuclear Test Ban, 1957-1960
- 9. The Politics of Big Science, 1957-1960
- 10. The Control of Science Policy under Eisenhower, 1957-1960
- Part III. The Politics of Technological Skepticism
- 11. Science at the New Frontier under Kennedy, 1960-1963
- 12. Responding to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, 1962-1963
- 13. Testing the Limits, 1961-1963
- 14. "Scientists for Johnson," 1964
- 15. PSAC, the Vietnam War, and the ABM Debate, 1964-1968
- 16. The Politics of Technological Dissent under Nixon, 1969-1973
- Epilogue
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Abbreviations Used in Notes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author